Rashtriya Lok Dal releases 8th list of candidates, total 150 names out

NEW DELHI (INDIA): Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) has released its eighth list of candidates for the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh spanning 20 constituencies, taking to 150 its number of electoral nominees for the 403-seat house so far.nnThe prominent seats on which the Ajit Singh-led party has announced nominees in its latest list include Saharanpur, Moradabad, Fatehpur and Shahjahanpur.nnAccording to an official RLD statement, Bhoora Malik has got ticket from Saharanpur, Abdul Rauf Malik was nominated from Moradabd, Vikram Singh Lodhi from Fatehpur and Gaurav Gautam from Shahjahanpur.nnThe party has also fielded candidates from Nakud, Gango, Thakurdwara, Bisauli, Bilsi, Dataganj, Bahedi, Meerganj, Nawabganj, Balamau, Bidhuna, Bansi, Pipraich, Haata and Ghosi.nnDhananjay Singh has been nominated from Khadda Assembly seat, replacing N P Kushwaha, who was earlier announced party candidate from there, the statement released last night said.nnWith the latest announcement, RLD has so far announced names of 150 candidates after it failed to strike a deal with the Samajwadi Party and Congress.nnRLD had announced that it will field candidates on all the 403 Assembly seats in alliance with JD(U) and other smaller parties as it is making efforts to come up with the ?fourth dimension? in the crucial state polls.nnIn the last UP Assembly elections in 2012, RLD, which claims to wield power in western UP, had contested on 40 seats and managed to win on nine of them while forfeiting deposit on 20.nnUP will go for polls in seven phases beginning February 11. The election results will be declared on March 11.nnSource: Press Trust of India